Morning, it's time for the dailies, like a training cycle kickoff. Sort of.

Well I took the boot off all day Saturday, wore just the orthotic, and my foot feels much better. I am wondering if the boot was actually a bad thing for soft tissue damage. The podiatrist said to wear it, the sports chiro said it won't do any good. Or it cold just be 2 1/2 weeks with no running that did the trick. I went for 2 miles on the TM Saturday, at a 10 min/mile pace. I will try a slow 2 miles again this morning before I hop on the bike to finish off the aerobic exercise. If it hurts in the arch I'll shut it down again.

I used the jets of a hot tub on Friday and Saturday, put my heel right on it, I also think that helped out. Hard to say exactly what causes healing I guess, especially when you look at the trillions of muscles, bones, and ligaments in the foot.

Better get moving execute my brick. I can't keep being late to work because of my training schedule. Work is more important, right?

The dailies are back! 7 easy in a light drizzle this morning at an average pace of 9:14. Busy work week trying to cram everything in. DH and I leave for the beach on Friday afternoon.

badger: I think my Mom has that exact nutcracker in her Christmas deco.

RA: How's DW? Fully recovered?

mini: Oof...12/85. Mad respect to you.

iRun: Fingers crossed you have conquered the foot issue.

Are you ever not at the beach? Check if your Mom still has that Nutcracker. LOL

DW is running but it's a long road back for her. However; she's up to 8 miles and doing speedwork plus has a HM at the end of August... thankfully, over winter, I talked her out of doing a marathon this Fall.

Had an AWESOME few days of running. On Saturday during our 16-miler we ran past Shalane Flanagan on the lake front. She was in town for the Rock-n-Roll half on Sunday - in which she destroyed the woman's field with a 1:09. It was wild seeing the best female American marathoner (by a wide margin) just running on the lake path. In the past 4 days I've run 40 miles so I'll probably take tomorrow off.

mdawg - I want to trade lives with you. Enjoy the beach.

Mini - Good luck with the Pfitz 12/250. Will you be going out with the lead pack at Chicago?

Badger - I thought 40 miles in 4 days was good. Then I saw you ran that amount in one day. I am humbled.

My brick went well. The 2 miles is pretty much max, I go from below a 2 on the pain scale to 3, and really a few more steps and I'd be going higher. I think being in tune with your body helps a lot for active recovery, trying to find limits. Hopefully I'm not just in big time denial

Hopped on the bike for an hour ride, and voila, late to work again. Just by 5 or 10 minutes, that barely counts.

I have no clue how to build from here. The good news is the foot is the limiting factor, all my other leg muscles were vastly improved just from Saturday to today, they were totally ready to run more. It gives me hope that it really does all come back quickly.

RC - That is quite cool to see Shalane. Did you get to run with her at all? I wonder how often she gets random runners that try and race her.

RA - What was your DW original injury again? I like to try and judge my own recovery by other's recovery I have a fall marathon to do, can't wait for the winter.

iRUN: It appeared like she was running with one person (maybe her husband). We saw her from a mile away because A) she's incredibly attractive B) she was wearing neon green socks C) even the day before a race she was running at a decent clip.

It's unusual for a athlete of her caliber to run in a setting as populated as the Chicago lake front on a Saturday in mid-summer. Most of the elite training groups (Boulder, Flagstaff, Mammoth Lakes, etc) train in more optimal running surfaces.

So, I need someone to tell me how to post pictures here. I hit the attachment button and it appears to require a URL link. So, I go to Facebook and copy the URL and paste it into the image URL line. I add whatever to comment box but every picture comes across with a red X. What is the dumbass badger doing wrong? I looked for a 9 year old kid to ask but they were all too busy gaming to help me.

iRUN: It appeared like she was running with one person (maybe her husband). We saw her from a mile away because A) she's incredibly attractive B) she was wearing neon green socks C) even the day before a race she was running at a decent clip.

It's unusual for a athlete of her caliber to run in a setting as populated as the Chicago lake front on a Saturday in mid-summer. Most of the elite training groups (Boulder, Flagstaff, Mammoth Lakes, etc) train in more optimal running surfaces.

Were you blind by her beauty (when your DW wasn't looking)? I ran the year that Kara Goucher was in the race. She was the 1st OA... He husband was running along the sidewalk in parts.

irun - DW was suffering from pregnancy... tough condition that takes 9+ months to get over.

Badger - you should be able to attach a file from your local drive by clicking "Add Attachments" and browsing to the file location. At least that's what I have done.

I've been busy trying to catch up at home, work, and here on RWOL since taking Friday off for Warped Tour. Friday was a blast, pretending to be part of the media. I'll try not to bore you with the details, but I saw at least partial sets of about 18 bands, took almost 700 pictures, and did two interviews. Was on my feet from 10:30 AM to 9 PM. In training terms it was a 'rest day'.

Took Saturday off as an SRD too. Finally went out Sunday for an open water swim workout for the first time this year. First time using my wetsuit and watch in the open water, other than the race I did last month. I was shocked by what my watch told me in terms of pace, almost to the point I don't believe it. I usually swim in the pool at a pace of 2:43-2:47 per 100 yards. Sunday my watch said I swam 1.21 miles at an average pace of 2:04 per 100 yards. I know the wetsuit gives me some help, but that is a ridiculous increase. After the swim I was short on time so ran a quick 3 miles at a 7:59 pace, which is fairly fast for me.

This AM was spin class for 60 minutes, followed by 5 miles running on the road.

So, I need someone to tell me how to post pictures here. I hit the attachment button and it appears to require a URL link. So, I go to Facebook and copy the URL and paste it into the image URL line. I add whatever to comment box but every picture comes across with a red X. What is the dumbass badger doing wrong? I looked for a 9 year old kid to ask but they were all too busy gaming to help me.

So, I need someone to tell me how to post pictures here. I hit the attachment button and it appears to require a URL link. So, I go to Facebook and copy the URL and paste it into the image URL line. I add whatever to comment box but every picture comes across with a red X. What is the dumbass badger doing wrong? I looked for a 9 year old kid to ask but they were all too busy gaming to help me.

So, I need someone to tell me how to post pictures here. I hit the attachment button and it appears to require a URL link. So, I go to Facebook and copy the URL and paste it into the image URL line. I add whatever to comment box but every picture comes across with a red X. What is the dumbass badger doing wrong? I looked for a 9 year old kid to ask but they were all too busy gaming to help me.

can you ask your grandma ? I bet she can help you figure it out.

Ok. Follow-up question. Can you recommend a Psychic medium. I know you hippies in Colorado see them when you are waiting in line for your brownies.

iRUN: It appeared like she was running with one person (maybe her husband). We saw her from a mile away because A) she's incredibly attractive B) she was wearing neon green socks C) even the day before a race she was running at a decent clip.

It's unusual for a athlete of her caliber to run in a setting as populated as the Chicago lake front on a Saturday in mid-summer. Most of the elite training groups (Boulder, Flagstaff, Mammoth Lakes, etc) train in more optimal running surfaces.

Were you blind by her beauty (when your DW wasn't looking)? I ran the year that Kara Goucher was in the race. She was the 1st OA... He husband was running along the sidewalk in parts.

irun - DW was suffering from pregnancy... tough condition that takes 9+ months to get over.

Badger - you should be able to attach a file from your local drive by clicking "Add Attachments" and browsing to the file location. At least that's what I have done.

Yeah, I will do that next. I'm just confused on why the URL doesn't work? I figured there was a trick versus downloading to my computer and attaching the files.

It feels like my job. The system doesn't work however, let me show you a "work around". We have so many work arounds, I don't even know what the original process is anymore.

So, I need someone to tell me how to post pictures here. I hit the attachment button and it appears to require a URL link. So, I go to Facebook and copy the URL and paste it into the image URL line. I add whatever to comment box but every picture comes across with a red X. What is the dumbass badger doing wrong? I looked for a 9 year old kid to ask but they were all too busy gaming to help me.

can you ask your grandma ? I bet she can help you figure it out.

Ok. Follow-up question. Can you recommend a Psychic medium. I know you hippies in Colorado see them when you are waiting in line for your brownies.

Between this and the nutcracker you guys had me laughing.

I was SUPPOSED to get up for 10 this am and slept through my alarm. Being that it's 85 feels like 89 right now I think I'm going to do my first 4 am run tomorrow. Anyone have any tricks for getting out of bed?!

So we move from Weeklies to Dailies? Is this due to the 12 week warning? I'm skipping the x-train today because I ran +4 on yesterday's "step-down" LR. Gotta be smart when to overdo it and when to step back to heal. This will be my first 40-mile week of the plan.

Badger: Are you clicking on the image button at the top or the Add Attachments link at the bottom?

Good luck to everyone on a 12-step program...er, 12-week plan. Same difference?

Badger - you should be able to attach a file from your local drive by clicking "Add Attachments" and browsing to the file location. At least that's what I have done.

Yeah, I tried that as well. No dice. I saved to my hard drive, searched for the file, picked the file, it says uploading and then a box at the bottom of the screen asks if I want to open the file or save the file. I have tried both but it doesn't work. I tried turning off the pop-up blocker but that didn't do it. Maybe it's some setting on my work computer. All for a picture of a nutcracker. This is what my life has come too.

So, I need someone to tell me how to post pictures here. I hit the attachment button and it appears to require a URL link. So, I go to Facebook and copy the URL and paste it into the image URL line. I add whatever to comment box but every picture comes across with a red X. What is the dumbass badger doing wrong? I looked for a 9 year old kid to ask but they were all too busy gaming to help me.

can you ask your grandma ? I bet she can help you figure it out.

Ok. Follow-up question. Can you recommend a Psychic medium. I know you hippies in Colorado see them when you are waiting in line for your brownies.

Between this and the nutcracker you guys had me laughing.

I was SUPPOSED to get up for 10 this am and slept through my alarm. Being that it's 85 feels like 89 right now I think I'm going to do my first 4 am run tomorrow. Anyone have any tricks for getting out of bed?!

My favorite trick is to tell myself I'm just going to do an easy run today, no need to go all out. Then when I"m out there I always go for it. It only hurts for the first 5 minutes out of bed, anyone can hurt for 5 minutes

is "dailies" code for as many posts in a day as before in a week?.....jk

Hope all are well. Last week's planned 60m became 51.5m with 2 failed attempts to do 15m (some call that a long run). Miami weather 2 - Shuffle 0....chit...if you include last weekend its Miami weather 3................

is "dailies" code for as many posts in a day as before in a week?.....jk

Hope all are well. Last week's planned 60m became 51.5m with 2 failed attempts to do 15m (some call that a long run). Miami weather 2 - Shuffle 0....chit...if you include last weekend its Miami weather 3................

badger - you need to select the file and then check the "insert all pics into the body" checkbox.

Altought it might be a good thing that you can't do it. Who knows what kind of pics you will post here.

I wish I could show a picture so you could see what my screen looks like. Of course, if I could do that, I wouldn't be having this issue. Where do you see this "insert all pics into the body".

Here is what I do.

1) Post reply

2) Click on add attachments link

3) Select file

4) Select picture from hardrive

5) Click Open

6) A prompt appears at the bottom of the screen

7) Do you want to open "RD sucks" from community.runnersworld.com

Options .. open ... save ...cancel

8) If you click open, it asks you to pick a program to use to open it.

9) If you click cancel the screen sits and says file RD sucks is uploading. Neve works although.

10) If you click save, nothing happens.

Looks like Windows is trying to associate the file type with a program. That's weird. Although, I recall having a similar issue sometime ago at my old job. Let's blame Big Brother. Surely mini or RD have hacks.

I use Chrome on Windows XP (old home laptop) and Chrome on Win7 work laptop. IE works too.